Friday, 27 January 2012
Ways to Live Forever
This prize-winning film is our free family screening this year. It is based on a novel by Sally Nicholls which won prizes for Best Childrens' Book. Just heard 15 of her family are going to come and see the film as they live in the north and haven't seen it before. And Alex Etel will be there too we hope.
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
More Garlands for A Seperation?
This contemporary Iranian tragedy, already the winner of a
Golden Globe and nominated for a BAFTA, has now been nominated for the 2012 Best
Foreign Film Oscar. The
National Society of Film Critics agreed and also gave it the Best Screenplay
award. Enough nudges to make it a
must see at Keswick (15.00 Sunday 26th Feb)?
Monday, 23 January 2012
Looking Good for Thrill Seekers at Keswick
This year’s selection of the best from recent film festivals
around the world features four cracking contemporary thrillers. Cell 211 (Friday 17.30) from Spain is a claustrophobic prison drama with an
award winning performance by Louis Toser as the leader of a prisoner’s
revolt.
For fast pacing and
uninhibited screen violence try Yellow Sea (Friday 20.30) from South
Korea. Is Phillip French’s
observation ‘one of the bloodiest movies I’ve ever seen’ a recommendation or a
warning!?
And for the final film
on Sunday will you choose Carancho (TbtL) or Babycall (Alhambra)? From Argentina, Carancho, pitches an emotional love story against the
background of commercial exploitation of injury and death from car accidents
while the Norwegian Babycall
engages us in a psychological dilemma: ‘how far would you go for the ones you
love?’
Sunday, 15 January 2012
John Hurt coming to the festival
Great news! John Hurt and his film producer wife Anwen Rees-Myers are going to be joining us for the whole Festival. We are opening on Thursday with In Love with Alma Cogan a film she produced, directed by Tony Britten (who will be here too) with a cameo part by John. Then on Saturday we will be showing Lou with the short, Sailcloth and the double-billing of The Naked Civil Servant and An Englishman in New York. On Sunday at 3pm John will be 'In Conversation' , and at 5.30 we are screening Melancholia
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Melancholia wins US Critics Best Film award
And did you see the news that Melancholia (Sunday 17.30) has just won the US critics best film of 2011 award...
Monday, 9 January 2012
Feeling Very Good
Are you signed up for our email newsletter? If not, here is the latest email message from Ann:
I hope you had a great Christmas and New Year and are now following your new resolution to see more films! Last night the Keswick Film Club started again with over 180 coming to see The Well-Digger’s Daughter. Maybe the numbers were so high to support Tom Rennie, longtime Manager of the Alhambra and great backroom worker for the Festival who has taken over the cinema, saving it from closure. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
The Festival programme is almost complete and this week the brochure should be going to press. Most of the films and the programme are now on our website and tickets and passes are on sale from Theatre by the Lake. In previous mails I have described two of our themes, Looking Good, and Sounding Good. One of the others is ‘Feeling Very Good’ bringing some of the funniest of international film with Welcome to the Sticks from France Pardon from Turkey, Mia Sarah from Spain and No Pain, No Gain from the US. Will they travel well? Come and see.
The other is ‘Feeling Good?’ – this theme includes the free family film Ways to Live Forever, Lou with John Hurt, and the award-winning 50/50. There’s so much to say this year – next time – more about ‘Doing Good’, the ‘Homage to John Hurt’, the Shorts competition and guests.
I hope you had a great Christmas and New Year and are now following your new resolution to see more films! Last night the Keswick Film Club started again with over 180 coming to see The Well-Digger’s Daughter. Maybe the numbers were so high to support Tom Rennie, longtime Manager of the Alhambra and great backroom worker for the Festival who has taken over the cinema, saving it from closure. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
The Festival programme is almost complete and this week the brochure should be going to press. Most of the films and the programme are now on our website and tickets and passes are on sale from Theatre by the Lake. In previous mails I have described two of our themes, Looking Good, and Sounding Good. One of the others is ‘Feeling Very Good’ bringing some of the funniest of international film with Welcome to the Sticks from France Pardon from Turkey, Mia Sarah from Spain and No Pain, No Gain from the US. Will they travel well? Come and see.
The other is ‘Feeling Good?’ – this theme includes the free family film Ways to Live Forever, Lou with John Hurt, and the award-winning 50/50. There’s so much to say this year – next time – more about ‘Doing Good’, the ‘Homage to John Hurt’, the Shorts competition and guests.
Ann Martin
Festival Director
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Harimaya Bridge
We were all really disappointed that technical problems prevented us from fully showing Harimaya Bridge at the 12th Keswick Film Festival. You'll be pleased to know that it will be showing at The Alhambra on Sunday to finish off the current Keswick Film Club season of films.
It will be a free screening to introduce people to the film club, so do come along and bring your friends. After the recent disaster in Japan, there will also be voluntary collection towards a Shelter Box.
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